| A | B |
|---|
| Upper Egypt | southern part of Egypt |
| Lower Egypt | northern part of Egypt; "downstream" on the Nile |
| Nubia | land along the southern part of the Nile River |
| mummification | process of drying a body to preserve it |
| delta | wetlands at the mouth of a large river |
| Nile | river along which the Egyptian and Nubian civilizations developed |
| hieroglyphs | ancient Egyptian writing |
| cateracts | waterfalls along the southern Nile |
| Mediterranean Sea | body of water between Europe and Africa |
| Red Sea | body of water to the east of the Nile River |
| Sahara Desert | land to the west of the Nile River |
| pharaoh | ruler of ancient Egypt and Nubia |
| Isis | Egyptian goddess; wife of Osiris |
| Osiris | Egyptian god of the underworld |
| Re | Egyptian god of the sun |
| shadoof | tool used for drawing water from the Nile |
| pyramids | tombs of the Egyptian pharaohs |
| tomb | burying place |
| sarcophagus | decorated box containing an Egyptian mummy |
| flax | plant used to make linen |
| linen | cloth used for funeral wrappings |
| cotton | plant used to make clothes for common people |
| gold | precious metal from Nubia |
| Kush | a kingdom of ancient Nubia |
| papyrus | Nile River reed used to make paper |
| scarab | dung beetle, symbol of life |
| Africa | continent of Egypt and Nubia |
| limestone | smooth white stone used in making pyramids |
| The Great Sphinx | famous Egyptian statue of a lion's body and a human face |
| Mesopotamia | civilization to the NE of Egypt |
